Safety Specialist - Morgantown KY

Regional Safety Support

• Implement and ensure compliance with company safety programs, policies, and procedures throughout the assigned region.
• Serve as the primary field safety contact for assigned drivers, terminals, and managers.
• Visit terminals, maintenance facilities, customer locations, and other work sites.
• Identify unsafe conditions, behaviors, and operational risks.
• Track coaching, training, corrective actions, and follow-up activities.
• Report significant incidents, unresolved concerns, and safety trends to the Safety Director.
• Support company wide safety programs and special projects.

DOT and FMCSA Compliance Support

• Support compliance with applicable DOT and FMCSA requirements.
• Review roadside inspections, violations, citations, warnings, and out-of-service conditions.
• Collect required documents from drivers and managers.
• Coordinate follow-up with Operations, Maintenance, Compliance, and terminal leadership.
• Verify that corrective actions are completed and the full scope of Operation Zero compliance in assigned region.
• Identify regional recurring compliance trends and provide targeted coaching and administer recommended safety awareness and remedial training.
• Assist with audits, regulatory reviews, and corrective-action plans.
• Maintain accurate, confidential, and audit-ready records.
• Escalate significant or unresolved compliance and safety concerns.

Safety Training and Communication

• Deliver and document assigned safety training.
• Coordinate training schedules with terminal leadership and company training resources.
• Provide individual and group training on topics such as:
• Defensive driving
• Hours of service
• Cargo securement
• Equipment operation
• Distracted-driving prevention
• Backing and maneuvering
• Seat-belt use
• Speed management
• Roadside inspection readiness
• Accident and injury reporting
• Hazard recognition
• Personal protective equipment
• Customer and company safety requirements
• Lead or support safety meetings, toolbox talks, and Driver Safety Committee activities.
• Track attendance, acknowledgments, test results, and training completion within the assigned region.
• Report on overdue or incomplete training.
• Use approved company training materials and provide recommendations for improvement.

Driver Observation and Coaching

• Review driver safety information, including telematics, camera events, accidents, inspections, citations, hours-of-service concerns, and policy violations.
• Conduct approved ride-alongs, field observations, and driver evaluations.
• Provide timely, professional, fair, and objective coaching.
• Reinforce safe-driving practices and company expectations.
• Identify drivers who may need additional training, monitoring, counseling, or management review.
• Maintain accurate coaching and observation records.
• Track assigned driver interventions and remedial training.
• Communicate significant concerns to authorized leaders.
• Escalate and coordinate with Safety Director and Operations when production expectations conflict with safe operating requirements.
• Avoid unsupported conclusions when information is inaccurate or incomplete.

Accident and Incident Response

• Respond to vehicle accidents, employee injuries, cargo claims,…